GRAND RAPIDS -- Consuela Martinez, the 22-year-old mother whose 2-year-old daughter died at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, has another 90 days to make changes in her life before court officials move to terminate her parental rights to a second child.

Kent County Circuit Court Judge Nanaruth Carpenter today ruled that Bryan Malmberg, 1, should remain in foster care while Martinez works to make a safe household.

Martinez lost custody of Bryan shortly after Jeffrey Malmberg
killed Jozlynn Martinez on Feb . 22 out of frustration, by putting a knee on her chest so she could not breathe.

Since then, she has been working with court-appointed social service workers to make a safe household for Bryan, but with limited success.

She missed or ignored appointments to help her get a job and determine whether she needs to stay on medication, and also lives with her mother in what a social worker described as filthy conditions. But she now has a meeting for a possible job set up for next week and has an appointment at a medical clinic.

Two drug screens in October also showed no evidence of illegal drug use - a practice she once did while living with Jeffrey Malmberg.

A prosecutor today described Martinez's progress in football terms, saying she is on the 10-yard line and needs to go 90 yards to satisfy requirements to get Bryan returned to her.

While her caseworker today recommended Martinez get another 90 days to change her life, a court-appointed special advocate told the judge she recommends termination of her parental rights.